内容正文:
江苏省部分市
2022-2023学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷分类汇编
七选五
江苏省淮安市2022-2023学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题
第二节(共5小题;每小题2. 5分,满分12. 5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Have you ever felt a wave of anxiety (焦虑) when going out in public? Have you ever felt as if people were talking about you or laughing at you? 36. Luckily, here are three tips to help you overcome this issue.
Understand the spotlight effect(焦点效应)
Many people assume that they’re being judged all the time but actually it may only be occasional. Keeping this in mind, we can look at others and think to ourselves, “Ah, they’re probably thinking about themselves right now”. Whenever you start feeling anxious outside, you can remind yourself of this.37 . It will give you an advantage in social situations
Use cognitive restructuring(认知重建)
38 . For example, you stutter(结巴)a bit while talking with someone else. Then you begin to worry you’ve messed up and that this person now thinks less of you. In this situation. you can remind yourself that everyone stutters from time to time. And since the spotlight effect exists, chances are this person didn’t even notice it. This way of thinking will immediately relax you.
39
If you always run away from a fear, your body and mind will remember it as something dangerous enough to run away from. But if you face your fears, over time your body will start to accept them as something manageable. And your anxiety should decrease little by little. You can take baby steps here. Start off by saying thank you to people you often meet, such as cashiers or bus drivers. Then when you feel comfortable enough, move on to making small talks with them 40 . This should help you with your anxiety.
A. Face your fears
B. Talk to people frequently
C. You can turn a blind eye to people around you
D. Well, you might be suffering from social anxiety
E. You can also try to focus more on others than yourselves
F. Finally, you can increase the amount and depth of these talks
G. This is when you question the b